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City source retrieved November 6, 2026 · scan evaluated November 9, 2026 · celeration turn

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Celeration turns: changes between fitted phases

A factor describes a standardized six-month multiplier, not a count. These turns passed the scan’s volume and magnitude gates; phase selection remains exploratory.

  • Suggested boundary January 2021: ×2.09 → ×1.11 per six months; 1.88× change between factors. Adjacent raw phase totals: 545 and 3,268. The fitted slope changes without reversing sign.

Saved observations and fitted phases

Suggested 2-phase description — exploratory, not confirmed.

Fixed six-log-cycle frame · 120 calendar months · factors per six months. Raw zeros stay zero; confirmed zeros become one only for log-space fitting and diagnostics. Missing coverage remains unavailable.

Monthly graffiti removal requests on a standard celeration chartCity of Chicago published records. Fixed six-decade count scale, 120 calendar months, celeration per 6 months. Zero markers are unconnected below the plot. Exact counts and coverage are available in the data table. Analyze: suggested. Suggested 2-phase description — exploratory, not confirmed. See the phase results table for dates, factors and uncertainty.1510501005001,0005,00010,00050,000100,000500,0001,000,000Requests per monthsuggested phase 1: 2019-01–2020-12suggested phase 2: 2021-01–2026-09Feb 2019: 2Mar 2019: 4Apr 2019: 10May 2019: 25Jun 2019: 8Jul 2019: 11Aug 2019: 5Sep 2019: 24Oct 2019: 7Nov 2019: 10Dec 2019: 23Jan 2020: 8Feb 2020: 12Mar 2020: 16Apr 2020: 37May 2020: 69Jun 2020: 36Jul 2020: 26Aug 2020: 48Sep 2020: 21Oct 2020: 32Nov 2020: 44Dec 2020: 67Jan 2021: 11Feb 2021: 8Mar 2021: 15Apr 2021: 36May 2021: 21Jun 2021: 17Jul 2021: 49Aug 2021: 29Sep 2021: 75Oct 2021: 14Nov 2021: 17Dec 2021: 54Jan 2022: 38Feb 2022: 38Mar 2022: 38Apr 2022: 39May 2022: 45Jun 2022: 78Jul 2022: 80Aug 2022: 65Sep 2022: 36Oct 2022: 19Nov 2022: 41Dec 2022: 68Jan 2023: 18Feb 2023: 38Mar 2023: 9Apr 2023: 28May 2023: 8Jun 2023: 39Jul 2023: 64Aug 2023: 10Sep 2023: 33Oct 2023: 23Nov 2023: 33Dec 2023: 54Jan 2024: 26Feb 2024: 29Mar 2024: 21Apr 2024: 18May 2024: 26Jun 2024: 17Jul 2024: 31Aug 2024: 26Sep 2024: 36Oct 2024: 48Nov 2024: 114Dec 2024: 73Jan 2025: 66Feb 2025: 109Mar 2025: 110Apr 2025: 54May 2025: 93Jun 2025: 42Jul 2025: 56Aug 2025: 83Sep 2025: 49Oct 2025: 47Nov 2025: 89Dec 2025: 38Jan 2026: 82Feb 2026: 45Mar 2026: 60Apr 2026: 93May 2026: 105Jun 2026: 95Jul 2026: 49Aug 2026: 72Sep 2026: 78ZeroUnknownJan 2019: zero requests; not connected?Oct 2016: missing?Nov 2016: missing?Dec 2016: missing?Jan 2017: missing?Feb 2017: missing?Mar 2017: missing?Apr 2017: missing?May 2017: missing?Jun 2017: missing?Jul 2017: missing?Aug 2017: missing?Sep 2017: missing?Oct 2017: missing?Nov 2017: missing?Dec 2017: missing?Jan 2018: missing?Feb 2018: missing?Mar 2018: missing?Apr 2018: missing?May 2018: missing?Jun 2018: missing?Jul 2018: missing?Aug 2018: missing?Sep 2018: missing?Oct 2018: missing?Nov 2018: missing?Dec 2018: missingOct 2016Oct 2017Oct 2018Oct 2019Oct 2020Oct 2021Oct 2022Oct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025Oct 2026Calendar months

Suggested phases · exploratory · per six months

  1. 1 · Jan 2019–Dec 2020×2.09Fitted increase · 1 zero fitted as 1
  2. 2 · Jan 2021–Sep 2026×1.11Fitted increase

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Interpretation and limitations (12)
  • Exploratory description, not a forecast, causal explanation or proof of a change.
  • Approximate 95% factor intervals assume independent, constant-variance log residuals and fixed boundaries. They do not account for boundary search, serial dependence or source revisions.
  • Confirmed zeros are treated as 1 only for fitting and its diagnostics. Raw counts stay zero; low-count results depend on this convention.
  • Independent phase lines may jump at boundaries. Every observation belongs to exactly one phase.
  • Reporting, classifications and seasonality can change. Counts are not population-adjusted; a level shift without a slope change is not the target of this search.
  • Uses dated last-good cached data, not newly verified source counts.
  • 1 confirmed zero fitted as 1; raw counts remain zero. Low-count trends are sensitive to this adjustment.
  • Boundary ranges show near-optimal models within 2 BIC units, not confidence intervals. They can be narrow even when the model is uncertain.
  • 311 status is its value at retrieval, not at request creation. Newer cohorts have had less time to close; Open/Canceled comparisons can reflect workflow or cohort age rather than changing request volume.
  • Current-system 311 coverage starts in 2019. Early phases may reflect adoption/reporting ramp-up; request counts are not completed work or incident prevalence.
  • Many dependent filter conditions were searched. No multiple-testing-adjusted significance or causal attribution is claimed.
  • Frequency compares fixed equal-length windows of raw counts, not population risk or a celeration-factor ratio. Reporting, classifications and exposure may have changed.
Phase diagnostics

Intervals assume fixed boundaries and independent log residuals. They are not adjusted for the phase or filter search. Near-optimal boundary ranges are not confidence intervals.

Saved phase results
PhaseStart–endMonthsFactor / six monthsConditional 95% intervalZeros fitted as 1Lag-one residual
1January 2019–December 202024×2.091.647–2.64710.189
2January 2021–September 202669×1.111.065–1.16100.263

Near-optimal boundary range: January 2021–January 2021.

Exact monthly observations (120 slots)

Newest first. Unknown coverage is not a zero. These are the original saved observations, not fitted or rounded predictions.

Raw monthly requests
MonthRaw countCoverage
September 202678complete
August 202672complete
July 202649complete
June 202695complete
May 2026105complete
April 202693complete
March 202660complete
February 202645complete
January 202682complete
December 202538complete
November 202589complete
October 202547complete
September 202549complete
August 202583complete
July 202556complete
June 202542complete
May 202593complete
April 202554complete
March 2025110complete
February 2025109complete
January 202566complete
December 202473complete
November 2024114complete
October 202448complete
September 202436complete
August 202426complete
July 202431complete
June 202417complete
May 202426complete
April 202418complete
March 202421complete
February 202429complete
January 202426complete
December 202354complete
November 202333complete
October 202323complete
September 202333complete
August 202310complete
July 202364complete
June 202339complete
May 20238complete
April 202328complete
March 20239complete
February 202338complete
January 202318complete
December 202268complete
November 202241complete
October 202219complete
September 202236complete
August 202265complete
July 202280complete
June 202278complete
May 202245complete
April 202239complete
March 202238complete
February 202238complete
January 202238complete
December 202154complete
November 202117complete
October 202114complete
September 202175complete
August 202129complete
July 202149complete
June 202117complete
May 202121complete
April 202136complete
March 202115complete
February 20218complete
January 202111complete
December 202067complete
November 202044complete
October 202032complete
September 202021complete
August 202048complete
July 202026complete
June 202036complete
May 202069complete
April 202037complete
March 202016complete
February 202012complete
January 20208complete
December 201923complete
November 201910complete
October 20197complete
September 201924complete
August 20195complete
July 201911complete
June 20198complete
May 201925complete
April 201910complete
March 20194complete
February 20192complete
January 20190complete
December 2018Unavailablemissing
November 2018Unavailablemissing
October 2018Unavailablemissing
September 2018Unavailablemissing
August 2018Unavailablemissing
July 2018Unavailablemissing
June 2018Unavailablemissing
May 2018Unavailablemissing
April 2018Unavailablemissing
March 2018Unavailablemissing
February 2018Unavailablemissing
January 2018Unavailablemissing
December 2017Unavailablemissing
November 2017Unavailablemissing
October 2017Unavailablemissing
September 2017Unavailablemissing
August 2017Unavailablemissing
July 2017Unavailablemissing
June 2017Unavailablemissing
May 2017Unavailablemissing
April 2017Unavailablemissing
March 2017Unavailablemissing
February 2017Unavailablemissing
January 2017Unavailablemissing
December 2016Unavailablemissing
November 2016Unavailablemissing
October 2016Unavailablemissing
Source and reproducibility
Publisher dataset
311 Service Requests · City of Chicago
Source retrieved
2026-11-06T12:10:53.153Z
Publisher update
2026-11-06T11:22:56.000Z
Covered months
January 2019–September 2026
Source note
Source v6vf-nfxy. Joint day/category/hour/applicable-flag/ward/status counts; no addresses, coordinates or incident identifiers. Each year's cells reconcile with an independent source total. Reads are not an atomic publisher snapshot. Current 311 system only, legacy_record=false; includes duplicate requests, not completed work. Status is as currently published, grouped by creation date—not historical status or completion date. Prepared daily community-area snapshot; scheduled rebuild at 06:00 America/Chicago. Full supported history is rechecked for corrections. Retrieval timestamps are preserved; this is not a real-time feed. Local indexed neighborhood snapshot. Totals are for the loaded area before other filters, not citywide totals. Citywide and unassigned-area views use a separate network-backed scope.
Snapshot
daily-v1:f761b44d-f9db-4d57-b536-48aea9b60f93:neighborhood-v2:8d0340f56e688faa828dd949963f63ee
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
c629470b6081d843fb70550d7d41fcc52b6e9ea60cb26d847dc7908746574f98

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